Waterloo Letters (FINE COPY OF UNCOMMON FACSIMILE EDITION, FIRST EDITION THUS OF 1891 FIRST EDITION)

Siborne, Major-General H T (Editor) [With New Introduction By Albert A Nofi]

ISBN 10: 1853671568 / ISBN 13: 9781853671562

Published by Greenhill Books, London, 1993

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Fine/Fine. Facsimile edition, first edition thus in d/w. With new Introduction by Albert A Nofi. This is a facsimile printing of the first edition published in 1891. Illustrated with eleven maps in text and seven folding maps at the end of the book. This collection of letters from survivors of the Waterloo Campaign was gathered in the 1830s and 1840s when Captain William Siborne was trying to verify the chronological events of the day of the battle, to ensure the accuracy of his model diorama of Waterloo. He amassed 180 letters giving first-hand accounts of all of the principal phases of the Battle of Waterloo. Letters from the General Staff, cavalry, artillery and infantry officers. With Index. D/w has faint sunning to spine (as usual); else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON facsimile edition, first edition thus. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Waterloo Letters (FINE COPY OF UNCOMMON FACSIMILE EDITION, FIRST EDITION THUS OF 1891 FIRST EDITION)
• Publisher: Greenhill Books, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853671568
• ISBN 13: 9781853671562
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Facsimile Edition, First Edition Thus.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military

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Synopsis

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, In very good condition. A single small bump to the top right hand corner 415 pages. . .

About the Author

CAPTAIN WILLIAM SIBORNE became an ensign in the 9th Foot in 1813 and was sent to France in 1815 as part of a battalion to reinforce Wellington's army. A first-class topographer, he also believed the use of models of battles important from an educational viewpoint. He completed two mhodels of the battle of Waterloo in the 1840s, at which time he was also writing his History of the Waterloo Campaign, still considered a classic work on the subject. Captain Siborne's second son Herbert collected this valuable archive into volume form, now recognised as a classic contribution to the study of the Napoleonic Wars.